The American Paradox: Spiritual Hunger in an Age of Plenty

By D. Myers. 2000

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The Evidence for Generation Me and Against Generation We (2013, background): “In response to (or because of) these changes and others, several authors have observed that American culture has become more individualistic (Bellah, Madsen, Sullivan, Swidler, & Tipton, 2007; Fukuyama, 1999; Myers, 2000).”
Cultivating Optimism in Childhood and Adolescence (2004, background): “It is likely that these changes have contributed to the parallel rises in anxiety, depression, and suicide (Myers 2000; Seligman et al. 1995).”
The Power of Personality: The Comparative Validity of Personality Traits, Socioeconomic Status, and Cognitive Ability for Predicting Important Life Outcomes (2007, background): “Divorce is a significant source of depression and distress for many individuals and can have negative consequences for children, whereas a happy marriage is one of the most important predictors of life satisfaction (Myers, 2000).”
Changes in Pronoun Use in American Books and the Rise of Individualism, 1960-2008 (2013, background): “American culture has arguably become more individualistic in recent decades, promoting greater self-focus and more emphasis on the individual person rather than the group (Baumeister, 1987; Myers, 2000).”
Exploring the Relationships between Organizational Virtuousness and Performance (2004, background): “…meaningful life purpose (Becker, 1992; Overholser, 1999), the ennoblement of human beings (Eisenberg, 1990), personal flourishing (Nussbaum, 1994; Weiner, 1993), and that which leads to health, happiness, transcendent meaning, and resilience in suffering (Myers, 2000a, 2000b; Ryff & Singer, 1998).”
TARGET ARTICLE: Stumbling Blocks on the Religious Road: Fractured Relationships, Nagging Vices, and the Inner Struggle to Believe (2002, unknown): “How are such behaviors going to fit within modem Westem culture, with its emphasis on individual rights, immediate gratification, and materialism (Myers, 2000)? Self-transcendent or self-sacrificing behaviors seem to invite abuse by others who are playing by a more self-serving set of rules.”
When what one has is enough: Mindfulness, financial desire discrepancy, and subjective well-being (2009, background): “A second path to reducing financial discrepancies, then, is to ‘‘want what one has” by holding more modest standards (Diener & Oishi, 2000; Myers, 2000; Solberg et al., 2002) and being content that what one has is ‘‘enough.”
Birth Cohort Increases in Narcissistic Personality Traits Among American College Students, 1982–2009 (2010, background): “Social norms have relaxed and individual freedom has become increasingly valued, resulting in cultural changes such as a rise in the number of single parents and greater opportunities for women and racial minorities (e.g., Fukuyama, 1999; Myers, 2000; Seligman, 1990).”
Fitting In or Standing Out: Trends in American Parents' Choices for Children’s Names, 1880–2007 (2010, background): “Many of these cultural changes can be traced to the rise of individualism in Western societies (Baumeister, 1987; Fukuyama, 1999; Myers, 2000; Seligman, 1990).”
Religion and spirituality. Linkages to physical health. (2003, unknown): “Moreover, interest in spiritual growth is increasing, with 82% of Americans expressing such an interest in 1998 compared with only 58% expressing similar interests in 1994 (Myers, 2000).”
Moral Identity and Judgments of Charitable Behaviors (2007, methodology): “There was a significant effect in the regression for the internalization variable (β = .41, p .05), indicating that higher scores on the internalization measure were positively correlated with higher perceptions of Corporation B (the time-giving corporation) as being more caring, being a better co”
Generational Increases in Agentic Self-evaluations among American College Students, 1966–2009 (2012, background): “The shift in core cultural ideas toward individualism, high expectations, and even narcissism may explain the increases in positive self-views (e.g., Myers, 2000; Twenge, 2006; Twenge & Campbell, 2009).”
The Voluntary Simplicity Movement: A multi-national survey analysis in theoretical context (2012, unknown): “Finally, what makes the problems outlined above all the more troubling is the fact that high consumption lifestyles, so often held up as the peak of human development, are in many cases engendering an unexpected discontent or malaise among those who live them (Lane, 2000; Myers, 2000; Putnam, 2000; ”